Match stand



Aug. 18, 1931. KASSLER 1,819,645

MATCH STAND Filed Nov. 1. 1929 INVENTOR it 7% r M ZI 47 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 18, 1931 r sere e ADOLF KASSLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH STAND Application filed November 1, 1929.

The present invention relates to improvements in match stands designed for holding match-packages or match-books, as they are commonly called in the trade.

In these books the matches are put up in a cover as a package. Commonly the cover is of paper or other cheap material, it comprising a backing to which the so-called match cards are attached at their stub ends, a cover flap being made integral with the said backing in combination with a friction surface against which the matches may be scratched. These match-books are usually of a size to be conveniently carried in a vest pocket, the cover being discarded when the matches are consumed.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a match stand for holding match-books of the type mentioned, provided with means for protecting the matches on the stand from the flame of the match which has been ignited after being removed from a match card.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stand of the character described which is simple in construction, efficient in operation and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difiicult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of an the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved match stand with a match package in position thereon; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section simi- Serial No. 404,098.

lar to the one shown in Fig. 2 with the protecting means in open position; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a modified device; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the said device showing the match heads in concealed positions; and Fig. 6 a section taken on line 66 of F 5.

Referring now first to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, of the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a base, from whicn rises a plate member11 of oblong configuration and of a size 0 somewhat larger than that of the match package. With this plate member eo-operates a spring clip 12 of U-shaped cross-section and of a width correspoinling substantially to that of the match package to be supported on 5' said plate member. This clip serves to clamp the match package to the said plate member in a manner hereinafter to be described, its bight portion 13 being somewhat enlarged, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. Sn the said bight portion is anchored a protecting plate member 14, the latter being provided with a transverse slot 15 through which the clip is extended, thereby permitting the said protecting member to swing around the said bight portion, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The protecting element is in the shape of an angle plate of a width exceeding that-of the clip and, consequently, that of the n atch package.

in mounting the match package on the stand, the backing 16 of the former is placed against the front face 17 of the plate member 11 and the cover flap 18 of the match package extended around the top edge 19 of the said plate member and folded against the back facev20 of the latt r. The clip 12 is then applied to the backing and cover flap of the match paczage, thus clamping the latter to the said plate member. The bight 13 of the clip is then disposed above the top edge 19 of the plate member 11 and the protecting element 14 conceals the heads 21 of the matches 22, which are formed together in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The friction surface 23 of the match package, against which the match heads are to be rubbed to ignite the same, is at all times exposed ready for operation. 100

"ds, as above mentioned, as clearly shown triction surface 23 exposed to view.

head of .a match which has been removed When it is desired to remove a match from a card, the operator swings the protecting element 14 into the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereby a mat-ch can be readily removed from a card by tearing it ofi said card. The operator then swings the protecting member into the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which the match heads are concealed. When new a match is ignited, by striking its head against the triction surface 23, the flame can-not reach the heads of those matches which are still on the card or cards.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, of the drawings, two spaced uprights 24 are mounted on a base 25, the lower portions of the said uprights being connected by a transverse plate 26. On the upper-ends ot-these uprights are oscillatably mounted the trunnions 27 of a plate member 28. These trnnnions are disposed-on the lon gritudinal edges of the said plate member and the latter isoblone' and of a size exceeding that of the match package to be mounted thereon. With the plate member co-opera-tes a clip 12 of the character above described.

In mounting; the match package on the plate member 28, the backing 16 of the said package is placed against the front face 29 ot the said plate member and the cover flap lS-otethe match package extended around the top edge of the plate member 28 against the back face 31 ot the latter. The clip 12 is then applied to the package and to the plate, after which the stand is ready for operation. Normally the elements are in the positions shown in Fig. of the drawings, in

which the heads of the matches are exposed to View so that a match ma be readil re moved from the package. The operator then swings the plate member28 and the elements mounted t-heseon into the position shown in Figs. .and 5 of the drawings, in which the heads of the matches are cencealed, but the The from the package may then be struck against the friction surface 23 without the flame reaching the heads of those matches which are still on the card or cards.

What I claim is A match stand comprising a base, a plate member rising therefrom. a clip for clamping a match package to said plate member, and a protecting element adapted to swing on said clip for concealing and exposing to View, at will, the heads of the matches of said package.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 26th day of August A. D. 1929.

ADOLF KASSLER. 

